Who Was Achilles?Smart awnsers only!?

Answer 1

"In Greek mythology, Achilles (also Akhilleus or Achilleus) (Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς) was a hero of the Trojan War, the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad, which takes for its theme, not the War of Troy in its entirety, but specifically the Wrath of Achilles.

Later legends (beginning with a poem by Statius in the first century AD) state that Achilles was invulnerable on all of his body except for his heel. These legends state that Achilles was killed in battle by an arrow to the heel, and so an Achilles' heel has come to mean a person's only weakness.

Achilles is also famous for being the most 'handsome' of the heroes assembled at Troy,[1] as well as the fleetest. Central to his myth is his relationship with Patroclus, characterized in different sources as deep friendship or love."

Answer 2

He was a Greek warrior who fought at Troy. He's written about in the Iliad. The story is that his mother dipped him into a holy pool of water, the idea being that the water would make him impervious to arrows. His mother held him by his heel to do the dipping, so the heel wasn't immersed and it became his one weak spot. You'll hear the expression that something or another was a person's "Achilles heel", meaning that it is their weakness. There's also a tendon in the back of the leg going to the heel, called the Achilles tendon.

Answer 3

Achilles, in Greek mythology, greatest of the Greek warriors in the Trojan War. He was the son of the sea nymph Thetis and Peleus, king of the Myrmidons of Thessaly. When he was a child his mother dipped him into the River Styx to make him immortal. The waters made him invulnerable except for the heel by which his mother held him. Achilles fought many battles during the 10-year siege of Troy. When the Mycenaean king Agamemnon seized the captive maiden Briseis from him, Achilles withdrew the Myrmidons from battle and sulked in his tent. The Trojans, emboldened by his absence, attacked the Greeks and drove them into headlong retreat. Then Patroclus, Achilles' friend and companion, begged Achilles to lend him his armor and let him lead the Myrmidons into battle. Achilles consented. When Patroclus was killed by the Trojan prince Hector, the grief-stricken Achilles returned to battle, slew Hector, and dragged his body in triumph behind his chariot. He later permitted Priam, king of Troy, to ransom Hector's body. Achilles fought his last battle with Memnon, king of the Ethiopians. After killing the king, Achilles led the Greeks to the walls of Troy. There he was mortally wounded in the heel by Paris. The quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon, the subsequent battle, and the ransoming of Hector's body are recounted in the Iliad.

Answer 4

Achilles was the son of Thetis, a godess of the Sea. He was dipped in something ( i can't remember what) which made him stronger and tougher than most mortals. Because he was a son of a mortal and an immortal, he became a demi-god.

His role is important in Greek myth because of the Trojan war. He, being the tough fighter that he was, brough his soldiers, the Mermidons, to the shores to fight with the Greeks against the Trojans. After a particular battle, the Greek King Agamemnon decided that he would steal one of Achilles prizes, a young woman. After this, Achilles refused to fight and watched as scores of Greeks died in battle.

IT wasn't until Achilles friend/cousin, Patroclus, was killed by the Trojan Hero Hector, that Achilles went into battle.

Achilles killed Hector with the help of Athena and Paris, Hector's brother ended up shooting Achilles in the heel with an arrow which killed him (the heel was his weak spot).

Homer's Iliad explains the story. DO NOT GO BY THE MOVIE TROY. Troy is a horrible portrayal of the story and has many many many inaccuracies.

It is somewhat ironic that Paris is the one that finally brings Achilles to his death since Paris is a lover rather than a fighter.

Answer 5

Achilles was the son of the mortal Peleus and the Nereid Thetis. He was the mightiest of the Greeks who fought in the Trojan War, and was the hero of Homer's Iliad.
Thetis attempted unsuccessfully to make her son immortal. There are two versions of the story. In the earlier version, Thetis anointed the infant with ambrosia and then placed him upon a fire to burn away his mortal portions; she was interrupted by Peleus, whereupon she abandoned both father and son in a rage. Peleus placed the child in the care of the Centaur Chiron, who raised and educated the boy. In the later version, she held the young Achilles by the heel and dipped him in the river Styx; everything the sacred waters touched became invulnerable, but the heel remained dry and therefore unprotected.

Answer 6

Achilles was a hero of the trojan war. He was one of the Greeks who came to Troy to gain back Helen who was the wife of Menealaus. Helen had been taken by Paris who was the son of King Priam of Troy.
The end of story was that the Greeks destroyed Troy but Achilles was poisoned by an arrow in his ankle - hence the achilles heal. This killed him. The arrow was shot by Paris who was taking revenge on Achilles for killing his brother Hector.

Answer 7

i belive Achilles was a spartan turned insane and fought on enemy's side one day in battle was nicked or speared through the ankle now referred as the Achilles heel. to get more into it his mother dipped him in magic water that made him invincible but where she was holding him at the ankle was the only part that wasn't touched by the water and ultimately was his down fall... that killed him.

Answer 8

A heel.

No, a Greek beloved of the Gods, who was granted immortality by being dipped in something, except they forgot to do the job propely, and didn't do his heel.

Answer 9

Led Zeppelin's Archilles last stand tells the story

Answer 10

Didn't you watch the movie Troy. That was a pretty accurate account of his life.